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CVE-2016-9573

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
8 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (7)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0838.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97073
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9573
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/szukw000/openjpeg/commit/7b28bd2b723df6be09fe7791eba33147c1c47d0d
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/862
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3768

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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